The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-05
Local and State Notes.

| Engine 5, on the l. D. & S. road. was turned
out of the shops yesterday, rebuilt in fine style
| and painted after the Pennsylvania Standard
! black with golden stripping.
| In a day two the parties who are to furnish
| brick for the new Union station will begin to de-
| liver them more literally, and work, which has
| been dragging for want of brick for couple Of
weeks will move along more briskly.
| The switching service done by Belt road en-
| gines for manufactures on the Belt road is be-
| coming handsome source OF revenue TO the
| company. Their engines last month delivered
| on hauled off switches leading to these man
ufactories, g. III cars
In the month of June there were received and
forwarded at this point total of 50, 6SS cars of
which number 62, 755 were loaded. In the cor
responding month of 1886 there were handled at
this point total of 81 COZ cars, OF which num-
Der SO, $40 were loaded cars.
Master Mechanic King of the I. B. & W.. has
112 men at work now in the Indianapolis shops.
and is turning out some excellent work Within
the last thirty days some very extensive ma
chinery of the most modern pattern has been
added to their shop equipment.
f. F. Leonard, president of the Toledo, Peoria
& Western railway, gives notice that this COM
pany has taken title to and possession of the
property heretofore known as the Toledo, Peoria
& Western road. The general officers will be
continued before until further notice.
Within tho past eight months thirty eight of
the Woodruff sleeping cars have been through
the !. ID. & S. shops and undergone general re-
pairs. In many cases the coaches were prac-
tically rebuilt, being transformed from old style
to new styled coaches. Six more were placed in
the shops last week to undergo q general over
hauling.
The PENNSYLVANIA Company is m aking arrange
ments to shift the bridge Conestoga river,
near Lancaster, Pa, where it is proposed to con-
struct a stone arch after the same manner as the
over Conemaugh river. The Conestoga
bridge is a very important one. being about one
hundred feet above the water and 800 feet long.
The Conemaugh bridge was but 25O feet long
A railroad man who travels extensively. and
49, H. TvxI;a lie q
Louis line. expresses the opinion that faster run
ming is done this road than any ether in
this country. Every train on the line is speeded
high, and almost daily Is obliged to make up
time lost in delays from meeting freight trains
and various other causes. vet seldom does an 1.
& St l.. train run into either terminal late.
Charles Nelson. superintendent of the c.. H.
e d. and the Nandalla. is to be in the city to-
day to look after several important matters
There Ia good authority for stating that Vice
president Waite approves of Mr.. Nelson making
Indianapolis his headquarters. The second
story of the city freight depot, which will make
very pleasant Offices will be at once fitted M for
his occupancy and that or the train dispatchers
and car accountants.
Chairman Abbott of the Western Passenger
Association has called a meeting for to day, in
Chicago, to what can be done to induce the
Wabash to change its methods of handling pas
senger business. The fact that the Wabash is
taking advantage of the Central Traffic Associa
ton rue sell tickets to parties OF ten at cents
per mile and to parties of fifty at half rate for
brokers in St Louis buy these tickets and de-
moraize the rates. for the reason that the rule
does not apply as it should to parties of ten
fifty travelling on one ticket, but on any numb Der
of tickets.
One Of the officials of the Lake Erie & West
ern road saws if the good people OF Peru will
only exercise patience they will have little
to complain of the small number of men en-
ployed in the shops at that point But few
shops are AS well provided with machinery
those at Peru. especially the car building de-
partment. When the l., 2. 81 G. was under the
Malott management tho car-works at LaPorte
failed and the Malott management took ad-
vantage of the failure and purchased the entire
This machinery at once removed to the
Peru shops, and is now in excellent condition.
and at no distant day the L., E. & w. people
will do large amount of building and re-
pairing at the Peru shops.
Veteran passenger men say that they have
seldom known rates badly demora1ized in all
directions as at the present time. "If there is
a base bali club. he says, "gOing anywhere this
is made a for giving reduced rates to
such point If there is to be q ministers meet
ing in this or an adjoining State it is made
presext for giving reduced rates. In fact" he
said, every little subterfuge is hit upon TO fur
nish some cause for reduction in rates, all of
which is favorable to the scalpers, who get hold
Yet, while the passenger earnings show up
handsomely. there is disposition to let every
district agent any rate he chooses, il
enough are going to constitute party, and
with some passenger agents a party of two will
az soon get reduced rates the requisite num-
Der required under the Central Traffic Associa-
ton rulings"